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Britons fly abroad to ¿Attila the Gum¿ for low-cost dental work

IT??S a long way to go for the perfect smile, but many Britons are travelling to Hungary for dental treatment to avoid spiralling domestic charges as high as ??30,000.

One surgery in Budapest is even advertising ??teeth holidays?? offering packages of flights, discounted hotels and cut-price dentistry that can work out cheaper than a trip to the local dentist.

The rising cost of Britain??s private dentists has made the trips cost-effective for those who need implants, crowns and bridges. A crown can cost as much as ??950 in Britain as opposed to just ??180 in Budapest. Implants are ??580 in Hungary compared with about ??2,000 here, while one bridgework procedure costing ??1,110 there costs nearly ??7,000 in Britain.

Attila Knoth, who runs the Kreativdent clinic in Budapest, said that more than 70% of his patients are foreigners, including a growing British contingent.